Re: [GENERAL] Very slow select

2000-12-21 Thread Tom Lane
Stefano Bargioni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > SELECT FROM t WHERE a='my string'; works very fast. The same select > made on b is very slow (2 or 3 seconds), as if no index exists for > column b. What does EXPLAIN say about the two queries? regards, tom lane

[GENERAL] Very slow select

2000-12-21 Thread Stefano Bargioni
I defined a table with two indexed text columns, a and b, of variable length. This table contains 287195 rows. SELECT FROM t WHERE a='my string'; works very fast. The same select made on b is very slow (2 or 3 seconds), as if no index exists for column b. I'd like to know why. Note that b contain